Apartment Therapy has ended the suspense with the seventh installment of their “Bed bugs Take Manhattan” report on Amanda’s bed bug saga. Amanda has now had (apparently) one treatment and one follow-up treatment from Metro Pest. (Their protocol is listed here.) Apartment therapy’s Maxwell has the idea that “you have to keep the clothing out” […]

Bedbugger has followed the great bed bug saga of Amanda at Apartment Therapy with intense interest, and we have been torn between grateful relief at the apparent bed bug savvy of some of Maxwell’s readers and deep concern over the continuing lack of basic bed bug awareness among the rest, our fellow New Yorkers and […]

Well, I know what your answer is, of course! But I am glad to see Maxwell at Apartmenttherapy.com covering this question as a poll. I think it’s great AT is taking bed bugs seriously. After all, it’s a home and design blog. Nothing, nothing screws up a home (or design scheme) like bed bugs. Check […]

Amanda had her first bed bug treatment Monday, as reported in Tuesday’s update: Amanda didn’t sleep at home last night. The exterminator finally arrived (scheduled for noon, came at 5pm) and the work began in earnest. Before he arrived, however, she got a chance to visit her neighbor’s apartment, the one that shares a sheet […]

Amanda’s bed bug saga has now become an Apartment Therapy regular feature. Today was the fourth report since Wednesday. Last week, Amada was not sure she should to take action after seeing and catching just one bug. She was waiting for a jetsetting neighbor to return home so their place could be inspected too (the […]

I love apartmenttherapy.com. I really do. But with all due respect, I think Maxwell is still misunderstanding some key points about bed bugs. Two months ago, as you may recall, loyal Bedbugger S. wrote to Maxwell to correct some misinformation in the Apartment Therapy: The Eight Step Home Cure book, which suggested something to the […]